- veer off
- phr verbVeer off is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑conversation
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
veer off
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veer off — deviate, fail … English contemporary dictionary
veer off course (to) — Go the wrong way … American business jargon
veer — [vıə US vır] v [I always + adverb/preposition] [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: virer] 1.) to change direction veer off ▪ A tanker driver died when his lorry veered off the motorway. ▪ The plane veered off course . ▪ Follow the path and veer… … Dictionary of contemporary English
veer — [ vır ] verb intransitive 1. ) to suddenly move in a different direction: The Volkswagen veered off the road and crashed into a fence. veer off course (=move in a different direction from the one planned): Interference with their signals could… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
veer — Synonyms and related words: L, aberrancy, aberration, about ship, alter, ameliorate, angle, angle off, apex, avert, back and fill, be changed, be converted into, be renewed, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, bend, bent,… … Moby Thesaurus
veer — [v] change direction angle off, avert, bear, be deflected, bend, change, change course, curve, cut, deflect, depart, deviate, digress, dip, divagate, diverge, divert, drift, get around, make a left*, make a right*, pivot, sheer, shift, skew, skid … New thesaurus
veer away — transitive verb or veer out 1. : to let out : slacken and let run : pay out veer away the cable veer out a rope 2. : to permit to drift off by letting out a line … Useful english dictionary
veer — verb ADVERB ▪ sharply, wildly ▪ The missile veered wildly off course. ▪ (to the) left, (to the) right ▪ off course ▪ … Collocations dictionary
veer — UK [vɪə(r)] / US [vɪr] verb [intransitive] Word forms veer : present tense I/you/we/they veer he/she/it veers present participle veering past tense veered past participle veered 1) a) to suddenly move in a different direction The Volkswagen… … English dictionary
veer — veer1 veeringly, adv. /vear/, v.i. 1. to change direction or turn about or aside; shift, turn, or change from one course, position, inclination, etc., to another: The speaker kept veering from his main topic. The car veered off the road. 2. (of… … Universalium
